The World's Most Beautiful Places
Black (Pugh’s Mill) Covered Bridge near Oxford, Ohio. The bridge was originally built n 1868 to provide access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile (Talawanda) Creek. The bridge unlike many covered bridges, remains in its original location, and was restored by the city of Oxford, in 2000. The bridge incorporate two wooden truss designs, the Childs and Long Truss styles. It is one of the longest and tallest covered bridges in Ohio.
The historic Dewitt Long Home, is the oldest remaining dwelling in Oxford, Township, Ohio. It was constructed by Zachariah Price DeWitt in 1805. Originally from New Jersey, Zachariah settled first in Kentucky near Bardstown, and ultimately made his way, along with his wife (Elizabeth Teets), and seven children to newly available land in what would become Ohio. Zachariah established a sawmill, and built this among a number of other buildings in the area.
The roofless church built in New Harmony Indiana, in 1960. It was intended as an open air interdenominational church. The building was designed by Philip Johnson, known for his modern, and post-modern architecture.
The Roofless Church is one of a number of interesting features of New Harmony, a unique village in southwest Indiana, originally created by religious order known as the Rappites. They are also known as Harmonists, after the official name of their community, the Harmony Society. Robert Owen, a wealthy industrialist purchased the entire town from the Rappites in 1825, with the goal of creating the ideal Utopia, an experiment that failed within two years. The town also known as the second headquarters of the US Geologic Society, in large part because of Robert Owen.